Hogwarts: What are the four great masters doing?

"Ah."

Snape nodded. "It's only a first edition, and it's still missing the most crucial material—the healer's memories and happy emotions."

He said this, then raised his wand and waved it again.

The next moment, Ryan saw another bottle flying out.

But it's different from a potion bottle.

This bottle contains wisps of memories as fine as cotton wool.

Ryan looked at the memory, and then he seemed to see many things.

He heard laughter, the sound of the wind as one hears when swinging on a swing, laughter and playfulness.

He seemed to be able to smell the unique scent of flowing water, and he seemed to feel the sunlight falling on him.

Just by looking at that memory, he felt the happiness, tenderness and kindness in that memory.

"..."

And Ryan certainly knew what it was.

This is Lily Evans as Snape remembers her.

And according to what he heard now, in Snape's memory - she seemed to be the gathering of all the good things in the world.

Then Ryan realized what Snape had done during this summer vacation.

He should have returned to the end of Spider Alley as Ryan said, back to the place where his childhood happiness and tragedy converged.

There he recalled Lily Evans, using pain and despair as material to nourish this memory, which may be the most beautiful in the world.

In addition to this, he even worked overtime during this summer vacation to complete the improvement of the first version of the 'Soul Radiance Potion', and even directly brewed the first version of the potion.

That's why he looks so hollowed out - every day and every memory of this summer vacation is probably a terrible torture for him.

"I will continue to brew the potion for your experiments. I can also extract Lily's memories when you need them... As per the original plan, the Longbottoms' condition is relatively mild, so it's better to try to treat them first."

Snape ignored Ryan's gaze.

"Professor—thank you for your hard work."

Ryan said sincerely, "You work so hard, I feel embarrassed to ask you to do things for me."

"...work?"

"Yes - Headmaster Dumbledore's candy box..."

"...Are you serious, Elias? You think I'm..."

"Do you mind if Harry sees this memory?"

"Get out!"

So Ryan left the Potions Office with satisfaction, carrying the potion and his memory.

The Soul Radiance Potion was obtained, which was undoubtedly great news.

Because unlike Ms. Lily, the Longbottoms' memories were not completely destroyed, and Ryan had already found the best part of their memories of each other.

The only problem now is...

"A happy mood—things at the Magic Trick Shop need to be quickened."

Ryan thought so and returned to his dormitory.

And then, the classes for the first week of school continued.

Ryan continued to serve as a teaching assistant in various professors' courses and thrived in the college.

At the same time, he continued to prepare for the test of the Pavatu Club - as he said, he had finalized the general content of the test, but the details still needed to be improved.

After the first week of classes is over.

Ryan asked Snape for permission to leave the school and went to St. Mungo's Hospital.

St. Mungo's Hospital, Headmaster's Office.

The office has large windows, which allow sunlight to shine into most of the room.

There's even a lounge chair by the window.

When Ryan arrived at the office, Dean Olivia was lying in a chair basking in the sun.

"You're a vampire!"

This scene undoubtedly left Ryan speechless.

"What happened?"

But Dean Olivia frowned - her skin kept repeating the process of burning and repairing.

Every burn would make her skin dry and charred, but every repair would make her new skin as white as a baby's.

That's right.

Vampires, as a race that has been defined as dark creatures for most of the time, are naturally restrained by sunlight.

This kind of restraint is far more influential than the rumored influence of garlic in the magical world - the latter only disgusts vampires, while sunlight can actually harm vampires and even kill young vampires.

Of course, some adult vampires with extremely powerful magical abilities can reduce the effects of sunlight on them to a certain extent.

Some more powerful vampires, even those who have reached the legendary level, have such powerful magic that they can completely ignore the influence of sunlight. For example, Hecate, the 'Blood Queen' whom Ryan had seen a thousand years ago, is such a powerful vampire.

For example, Dean Olivia is like this - she can already face the sunlight directly.

But even so, the sun still takes its toll on her.

This was obviously painful, but Dean Olivia seemed to be used to it.

“That’s what skincare is all about – beauty always comes with pain, it’s the nature of life.”

"Even if you speak like a philosopher, it doesn't change the fact that your behavior is truly strange!"

Ryan commented sharply.

"Oh, little Ryan... your words are really unpleasant - a normal little wizard should not use the word weird to describe a lady."

Dean Olivia shrugged, "Forget it. It's hard to explain to a little boy like you... Let's get down to business."

"That's what I mean too."

Ryan nodded.

Afterwards, he had no intention of hiding it.

He first took out the Soul Radiance Potion and explained the next treatment plan for the Longbottom couple.

Dean Olivia took the bottle of glowing potion with surprise in her eyes.

"A potion that affects the soul directly... Severus's talent is as outstanding as ever."

She obviously recognized Snape too.

"I thought I might have a chat with him next time I see him - I'm curious how he perfected this potion."

As she spoke, Ryan muttered to himself—Professor Snape probably wouldn't be too willing to elaborate on this matter.

After talking about the 'Soul Radiance Potion' and explaining about Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes.

"Neville told me that you went back to Cainhurst?"

Ryan naturally asked about the business.

"Yes."

Dean Olivia was naturally not surprised. She nodded and said, "I haven't been back for a few years. That place has changed a lot."

She talked about her hometown in a rambling way.

"Aunt Anina died last year—I don't know why she suddenly decided to explore the Dragon's Lair, but I think it was a terrible choice."

"Annute asked me again why I wasn't married yet, and I hadn't laughed at his new coffin—it was a triangular one, and it looked ill-fitting!"

These few muttered words made Ryan once again confirm the fact that vampires are immortal species - Dean Olivia is not much younger than Neville's grandmother, but her personality is almost like that of a little girl.

After such muttering, Dean Olivia finally turned the conversation to the main topic.

"Like you said before, soul magic—it's a profound field. Not many people in the magic world understand and study it... and as I said before, my grandmother happens to be one of them."

She said so.

"Her last magical research direction before her disappearance was soul magic. I believe it is likely related to Ms. Rowena Ravenclaw. My grandmother was a good friend of the founder of Hogwarts... and my mother heard that the legendary wizard had profound attainments in soul magic."

Ryan was obviously well aware of what she was talking about.

In fact, he was watching Ravenclaw and the Blood Queen Hecate discussing soul magic.

So he just listened quietly, and from time to time signaled Dean Olivia to continue.

Finally, Dean Olivia finally talked about the topic that interested him.

"My grandmother combined blood magic and soul magic in the later stages of her research. According to my mother, she could even reshape a broken soul through the infusion of blood, or create a blood creature with a soul out of thin air."

"She believed that blood was the currency of the soul. Blood, magic, soul, and body were essentially the same... They were all part of the 'life' part."

She said so.

Ryan was stunned when he heard this.

Combining blood magic with soul magic - it sounds easy, but it is actually not easy.

Blood is material, while the soul is an intangible thing.

The combination of the two was obviously beyond Ryan's cognition.

However, this also reminded Ryan of Ravenclaw's ultimate pursuit of soul magic.

"The power of the soul is only an illusion, Ryan... The soul has unlimited potential."

"From the soul emerged consciousness, magic, the source of everything, and the result of everything. The soul's plasticity is endless, its potential is limitless. There's even a special place in the world called the 'Border between Life and Death' that exists solely for the soul."

"I believe that if the research on soul magic reaches a certain level, perhaps it will be possible to shape 'matter' through soul and magic."

That's right.

Ravenclaw's greatest vision for soul magic is to use the soul to influence and shape matter.